8:14 PM |
Am I alive?
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"Am I alive?"
And I shudder, and I shake,
And I get the hang of breathing as
(In, out) we tango into this maelstrom of white heat
And we're fighting to come out alive,
Yeah, it's a race to see who survives.
I miss my bestie already.
I miss her so bad, even though I know that she's probably still at the airport right now (soy latte, Starbucks <3), and while it's a weird connection, the feeling that she's still here; I don't know how I'm going to be able to make it through eleven days without being able to talk to my soul sister.
I miss how we used to laugh for the sake of laughing; to hell to those who stared, who cared? ...We didn't.
Now it seems we laugh just to fill up the silence,
and the smiles we share? - temporary, fade in, fade out;
and tomorrow they'll be gone again; tomorrow we'll have to find a new face again.
I miss feeling alive.
Oh God, I miss feeling alive.
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Quotes, for all of you who're losing faith, and are hanging on desperately, wondering if maybe the bleak horizon will bring---
'Cause our days were numbered by nights on too many rooftops.
They said we're wasting our lives,
Oh at least we know, that if we die-
We lived with passion.
They said we'd burn so bright.
And some days make me feel weak and shaky.
Some fly right by me like a paper airplane,
and I hardly notice that the world's gone crazy but nothing's clearer than the way you say my name.
August evenings bring solemn warnings
To remember to kiss the ones you love goodnight.
You can't explain why you're feeling alone
Falling asleep to a dial tone
You dream about the trouble you're in
Then you pray that something fits.
Maybe you're just jaded;
from some nobody's unforgotten words.
Maybe you're just faded;
a little grey from every time that you've been hurt
You pile up enough tomorrows,
and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.
I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.
-- Harold Hill, the Music Man
If there's one piece of advice I can give you, It's this.
When there's something you really want, fight for it.
Don't give up no
matter how hopeless it seems.
And when you've lost all hope, ask yourself if in 10 years from now,
you're gonna wish you gave it one more shot.
Because the best things in life,
they don't come free.
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Yeah, and I know a whole score of you out there are this close to caving in, to giving up, to losing it.
Don't.
We're all in this together. We're all suffering together, and I need you to hold on,
The world needs you to hold on,
You need to hold on for everything you believe in and everything you stand for.
Please remember this:
Yes, you are small but you're all irreplacable and are invaluable and miraculous.
Those stars don't have anything on you.
Hold on,
and don't ever let go, because if you fall, I'd throw myself in just to snatch for your hand.
<3